MTMC increases container documentation requirements.Strengthened container documentation requirements have been announced by the Military Traffic Management Command A major command of the US Army, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated continental United States land transportation as well as common-user water terminal and traffic management service to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a . The tightened requirements will be phased in soon for all DoD containerized con·tain·er·ize v.tr. con·tain·er·ized, con·tain·er·iz·ing, con·tain·er·iz·es 1. To package (cargo) in large standardized containers for efficient shipping and handling. 2. sustainment cargoes. The new program testing began Nov. 12, with shipments to the U.S. Central Command, said Brig Brig, town, Switzerland Brig (brēk), Fr. Brigue, town, Valais canton, S Switzerland, on the Rhône River, at the north entrance of the Simplon Tunnel. . Gen. Barbara Doornink, Deputy Commanding General and Director of Operations. All shippers will be required to provide detailed transportation control movement documents, or shipping instructions, and supporting documentation to the MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) Operations Center The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. , Fort Eustis Fort Eustis is a United States Army facility located in Newport News, Virginia. The post is the home to the Army Transportation Corps, and also home to the U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School. , Va. After documentation review, the MTMC Operations Center personnel will coordinate container pick-up directly with ocean carriers. The new business rules will be expanded to include all global shipments in the near future. "Our goal is to generate timely, accurate and complete information concerning sustainment cargo," said Captain Ed Horres, MTMC's Director of Global Distribution. "We need to provide the warfighters with line item content visibility for all shipments to ensure that they get what they need when they need it. Force protection is another major consideration." Undocumented cargoes have been a problem for decades. Inadequate documentation delays processing and increases security risks. For troops in the field, unmarked containers contribute to distribution and warehouse challenges and delay delivery of vital cargoes to customers. Shippers and their vendors should complete all documentation at the time a container is stuffed, or packed, said Horres. "If we find problems with compliance, accuracy or consistency," said Horres, "we will return the documentation to the shipper SHIPPER. One who ships or puts goods on board of a vessel, to be carried to another place during her voyage. In general, the shipper is bound to pay for the hire of the vessel, or the freight of the goods. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1030. for immediate correction. When documentation is approved, Operations Center personnel will authorize container pick-up by ocean carriers. MTMC Operations Center is being staffed to provide same-day service (humour, operating system) same-day service - An ironic term used to describe long response time, particularly with respect to MS-DOS system calls (which ought to require only a tiny fraction of a second to execute). . Shippers can expect same-day documentation review and ocean carrier contact, said Horres. "We're staffing for 24/7 coverage to accommodate global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. , and we will add people and add staffing hours if we have to. We need better documentation but we can't slow down supply chain distribution in the process. In fact, our goal is to improve on-time delivery performance through better documentation." Shippers are encouraged to submit their documentation to the Operations Center via e-mail. During this period, however, shippers may continue to instruct carriers to pickup containers. "This is a pivotal day for the shipment of containerized sustainment cargoes by the Military Traffic Management Command," said Greg Sweetland, Director, Global Distribution International. "This has been a long-time goal. Undocumented cargoes cause lots of problems in distribution channels and slow down our goals of seamless deliveries." |
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